Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta ( id, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta; abbreviated as UMY) is a

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Yogyakarta Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...

under affiliation of

Muhammadiyah Muhammadiyah ( ar, محمدية; 'followers of Muhammad'); also known as the Muhammadiyah Society ( id, Persyarikatan Muhammadiyah) is a major Islamic non-governmental organization in Indonesia.A. Jalil HamidTackle the rising cost of living longer ...

, the second largest Islamic organization in

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. UMY was recognized as the 4th best university and become the top private university in

by 4International Colleges and Universities (4icu) World University Rankings and Reviews in 2013 and accredited internationally by

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(QS) Stars in 2015. Improving the quality of HR managers receives top priority in the development of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta. Therefore, every year the university sends about 20 to 30 faculty members for follow-up studies,

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and

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, domestically and abroad.

History

Prof. Dr. Kahar Muzakkir began throwing ideas about the need the establishment of University of Muhammadiyah. When the Central Leadership

Teaching Council inaugurated the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education in

on November 18, 1960, its founding charter explicitly included it as part of the Guidance and Counseling, University of Muhammadiyah. In March 1981, through the hard struggle of Muhammadiyah activists such as Drs. H. Mustafa Kamal Pasha, Drs. M. Alfian Darmawam, Hoemam Zainal, S.H., Brig. TNI. (Ret.) Drs. H. Bakri Shahid, Azhar KHAhmad Basir, MA, Ir.H.M. Dasron Hamid, M.Sc., HM Daim Saleh, Prof. Dr. H.

Amien Rais Muhammad Amien Rais (born 26 April 1944) is an Indonesian politician. He was one of the leaders of the reform movement that forced the resignation of President Suharto in 1998. Amien Rais was the leader of Muhammadiyah, one of the two biggest Mus ...

, M.A., H.M.H. Mawardi, Drs. H. Hasan Basri, Drs. H. Abdul Rosyad Sholeh, Zuber Kohari, Ir. H. Basit Wahid, H Tubin Sakiman. Their persistent search for students was supported by the chairman of the UMY, KH A. R. Fakhrudin and chairman of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Region H. Mukhlas Abror. It formally established Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, which evolved to the present.

Student life

Student organizations

* Student Executive Board (Badan Eksekutif Mahasiswa) * Student Association (Himpunan Mahasiswa Jurusan) * Islamic Student Association (Himpunan Mahasiswa Islam) * Muhammadiyah University Students Association (Ikatan Mahasiswa Muhammadiyah)

Sports

Aikido Aikido ( , , , ) is a modern Japanese martial art that is split into many different styles, including Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Aikikai and Ki Aikido. Aikido is now practiced in aroun ...

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

Tapak Suci Tapak Suci Putera Muhammadiyah (), shortened as Tapak Suci, is an autonomous pencak silat martial arts organization of Muhammadiyah, the second largest modernist Muslim organization in Indonesia. Tapak Suci is one of the ten 'historic schools' o ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

Table Tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

Clubs

* Arabic club * Media and Magazines *

Choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

* Cinema and Film * Indonesian traditional dance * Marching Band *

Model United Nations Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an educational simulation in which students can learn about diplomacy, international relations, and the United Nations. At a MUN conference, students work as the representative of a count ...

Mountaineering Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, ...

* Modern dance * Student Research Community *

Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

Photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is emplo ...

* Student Economic Enterprise * Student English Activity *

Theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...

Faculties and schools

Faculty of Agriculture

* Department of Agribusiness * Department of Agrotechnology

Faculty of Economics and Business

* Department of Management * Department of Accountancy * Department of Finance and Sharia Banking (Economics Development)

Faculty of Engineering

* Department of Civil Engineering * Department of Electrical Engineering * Department of Machine Engineering * Department of Information Technology

Faculty of Islamic Studies

* Department of Communication and Islamic Counseling * Department of Islamic Education * Department of Finance and Sharia Banking (Muamalat)

Faculty of Language Education

* Department of Arabic Language * Department of English Language * Department of Japanese Language

Faculty of Law

* Department of Law * International Program for Law and Sharia

Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

* Department of Medicine * Department of Dentistry * Department of Pharmacy * Department of Nursery

Faculty of Social and Political Science

* Department of Communication Studies * Department of International Relations * Jusuf Kalla School of Government

Vocational School

* Applied Accountancy * Automotive and Manufacture Engineering * Electromedics Engineering

International undergraduate programs

* International Program of International Relations (IPIREL) * International Program for Islamic Economics and Finance (IPIEF) * International Program of Governmental Studies (IGOV) * International Program for Law and Sharia (IPOLS) * International Program of Management and Business (IMaBs) * International Program of Accounting (IPAcc) * International Program of Communication Studies (IPCos)

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Notable alumni

Fahd Pahdepie, (International Relations, 2009), Writer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist
Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, (International Relations, 1996), Indonesian diplomat. Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Turkey (2019-2021)

References

External links

University website
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